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when an rock reaches its elastic limit |
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the vibrations produced when a rock breaks |
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type of fault occuring at a divergent boundary |
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type of fault occuring at a convergent boundary |
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type of fault occuring at a transform boundary |
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the San Andreas fault is this type of fault |
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waves generated by an earthquake |
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the point where an earthquake begins |
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the fastest type of seismic waves |
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seismic waves that move at right angles to the direction of the wave travel |
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the slowest type of seismic wave |
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a tsunami is an example of this type of seismic wave |
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the point directly above where an earthquake begins |
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instrument used to measure seismic waves from earthquakes |
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paper record of a seismic event (earthquake) |
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outermost layer of the Earth |
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inner most layer of the Earth |
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made up of the crust and the outer most part of the mantle |
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the energy of an earthquake |
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scale measuring the strength of an earthquake |
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when soil can act like liquid during an earthquake |
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ocean waves caused by earthquakes |
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scale that measures magnitude of an earthquake by how much damage it does |
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